Show FOOT OIL this is the very best preparation for softening and preserving leather A supply should be beon on hand in every house for use nse on harness carriage tops boots shoes etc and applied often enough to keep them soft and pliable T to prepare it break and cut into small p pieces 1 aces the shin bones and hoofs of an ox or cow and put them into a kettle keep them covered with water and boil boll until tha oil is extracted and rises to the surface while bolling boiling water enough should be added from time to time to supply that lost by evaporation the oil shall not come in contact with the bones and be again absorbed the process will be hastened by keeping the kettle closely covered to retain thweat the heat when cold the oil may be dipped off and kept in jars or bottles tightly corked |